The
Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung has said that politicians, being very
ambitious in nature, may have begun subtle moves ahead of 2019 which is in part
responsible for the current crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Dalung
further posited that because of the economic constraints the present
administration found itself, it was also capable of stirring up bitterness in
the party.

The
minister said this while answering questions from journalists at the APC
national secretariat, Abuja, yesterday, just as he described the defection of
PDP Senator and former governor from Plateau State, Joshua Dariye to APC as an
“endorsement” of the party.

He said,
“A politician is a very ambitious person in everything he does. He calculates
ahead of time. It could also be that, some politicians had viewed the future
and they are already dusting their weapons for a political showdown to set the
tune of their political ambition.”

He further
said “Now, the management of that interest is very critical, but the challenge
the party is facing is that the government itself inherited a situation where
it has more challenges of fixing the country.”

While
welcoming Senator Dariye to APC, he said, “It is a confirmation that one, the
party is a political party that has something to offer; two, that he now
believes that the hope of the future lies in the political party that he has
changed to, and three, he would have also taken that decision damning any
consequences.”